... odds?! Strike 1 — Kristen Bell is the clichéd character Driven Careerwoman Unlucky in Love. Maybe Katherine Heigl (the DCUL... was pretty squicky. Also Jon Heder, and I don't like Jon Heder. I hated "Napoleon Dynamite" (which might mean I am just an old fart). Liked "School for Scoundrels", but ... subversion of the Cinderella fairy tale makes Cindy a cool character, and issue #1 of 6 is pretty good.

Edward Woodward

... somewhat vampiric. All this leads us to consider =Gentlemen Broncos=, the latest picture from Jared Hess (=Napoleon Dynamite=, =Nacho Libre=), a member of the isn’t-everyone-quirky school of filmmaking (Wes Anderson, ... lead actors, and thus =Gentlemen Bronco= lacks a sufficiently appealing character with whom we can identify. Then too, despite Hess’ professed...

Jemaine discusses the lack of "R" is his name, not putting his heart out there and Bret

...reporters. His Flight of the Conchords character might not be much of a ... work from kids at his writer’s camp. The film from Napoleon Dynamite writer/director Jared Hess combines ... but it’s not really my character. It’s Jared and Jerusha [Hess]’s character so I can’t take it and have his..., sometimes we think of a character and we think of a song as a character. Say, like the song we did, “Bus Driver...

Hamlet 2 (2008)

... to GLEE, but which really mostly comes off as a sort of surreal NAPOLEON DYNAMITE parody, transplanted from rural Preston, Idaho, to Tucson, Arizona. It is there, at ... maddeningly hit-or-miss quality of the aforementioned DYNAMITE, or of a typical episode of Saturday Night ... aware of his own artistic irrelevance, imparts the character with the sort of level of flop-sweat ...

Funny how it all falls away

..., I still adore Hess's Napoleon Dyanmite , but I'm starting to ... comes up with a vivid, funny character. I would've been happy to ... But Hess keeps proceeding with that Napoleon -style blackout-sketch rhythm, introducing weird characters without much actual character, refusing to resolve anything or have...Jigsaw surrogates, mainly this horrible cop character Hoffman (Costas Mandylor), who has been...

I bet he will when he has something to say, right, Ben?

... can't count that high. ETA: For the past few weeks I've kind of really wanted to watch Napoleon Dynamite, but I don't think I can anymore. WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN, ROGER WORK MAN ETA2: Just ... can appreciate this episode so much more. It's so important to Ben's character development, which is extremely relevant to my interests, and the whole "Jacob" encounter ...

Sexy Jemaine Clement asked about being Ashton's wacky best friend & the wedge between him and Bret

... in Gentlemen Broncos, the latest from Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess. Shortly after ...wanted Michael York, probably, because the character is described as being in his...lifting in terms of creating a character. JC: Yeah. The descriptions will be...This is your second wholly unlikeable character, after Eagle Vs. Shark. Do you... Of The Conchords, sometimes the character’s pretty unlikeable. I’ve got...

..._] Neverending story 2 [_] Airplane [_] Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy [x] Napoleon Dynamite [_] Labyrinth [_] Saw [_] Saw II [_] Saw III [x] White Noise [... your farm? → Forty-two. Which Wizard of Oz character are you most like? → I'm like Toto; I ... you fucking nuts? Of course not. Which holiday pretend character do you wish really existed? → I wish leprechauns...

Video Reviews (10/18/09)

... that's all the rage in comedy these days. Will Ferrel is the same unevolved character actor from SNL, but Feder, while not eliciting as many laughs, really seems to have solidified from his indie roots - it was hard for me to believe it was the same guy from Napoleon Dynamite. Maily a film for those who appreciate cringe-worthy humor and groin-jokes. Rating: *** out of ***** Movie: ...

Jesse Eisenberg on interviews, watching his own work and reading bad scripts

... know what to say, but Woody Harrelson’s character is always drinking alcohol so I said, ...to step out of it and get inside the character’s head? Yeah, my character in Zombieland...also trying to cast somebody similar to the character. You’re not using your imagination as ...’s this other guy that screams at me all the time, Hey Napoleon Dynamite! Are there any perks to your job? No, nothing. I don’t ...